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PhoneSexKing · 07-03-2013, 12:33 PM

The problem isn't just open WiFi.

For $20 you can buy hardware to snoop on cell phone data (and voice) connections.

The encryption in GSM/GPRS/3G/4G/LTE is A5/1 which was cracked in 1999.

So yeah.. if you use the cell tower data connection on your phone/tablet/computer and think that is safer than WiFi it's only about $20-in-the-hands-of-an-attacker safer.

Edit: Oh, and VPN only moves the spying/hijacking problem somewhere else.

07-03-2013, 12:33 PM
PhoneSexKing Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: a frozen wasteland Posts: 190	The problem isn't just open WiFi. For $20 you can buy hardware to snoop on cell phone data (and voice) connections. The encryption in GSM/GPRS/3G/4G/LTE is A5/1 which was cracked in 1999. So yeah.. if you use the cell tower data connection on your phone/tablet/computer and think that is safer than WiFi it's only about $20-in-the-hands-of-an-attacker safer. Edit: Oh, and VPN only moves the spying/hijacking problem somewhere else. Last edited by PhoneSexKing; 07-03-2013 at 12:36 PM..